I am reporting for KJZZ, the NPR affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona. I graduated from the University of Missouri studying broadcast journalism with a minor in History. I am currently working as a reporter for the NPR affiliate KBIA in Columbia, Missouri, specializing in legislative and legal news stories. My passion is investigative reporting. I am tenacious in my reporting, not satisfied with just the surface facts - I want to dig deeper and find out what is really going on.

One of the things that attracted me to the Missouri School of Journalism was its "Missouri Method" - and the opportunity to get real-life experience in various media outlets. I knew I wanted to work as a journalist and the practical approach of Mizzou provided a great opportunity to explore different media forums. During my college years I worked for the local NBC affiliate in mid-Missouri, the Fox Business Network in New York, the Chicago Fox affiliate, Newsy.com, an online news consolidator, Thomson Reuters news service in Brussels and a local NPR affiliate.

Eager to jump right into Mizzou’s journalism playground, the first week of my freshman year I started working at KOMU, the NBC affiliate, as a production assistant. I continued to work there for three years in a variety of positions as a web editor, reporter and anchor. During my sophomore year I started working at Newsy.com, an online video source for national and international news, researching and writing stories for the website. As a junior I started working as a reporter for KBIA, the local NPR affiliate and I really loved every moment of it. I covered spot news and had the opportunity to do features and longer stories. Working for KBIA enabled me to explore my interest in political and legal reporting by covering the Missouri legislature and court system. In the summer of 2012 I went to Brussels, Belgium to work for Reuters Television. This was a great experience in international reporting especially because the European Union was in the midst of the debt crisis. I helped cover two European Union Summits and several other issues during that time. In April of 2013 I won the Korva Coleman National Youth Media Award.

In addition to my interest in journalism, I have been involved in community service activities since age 12, when I started and ran a chapter of a local organization Kids-for-Kids of New Jersey Inc., a non-profit organization that raises money to help underprivileged New Jersey children. The organization raised funds to provide several hundred backpacks filled with school supplies each year to underprivileged children. In addition, we tutored kids on a weekly basis in after-school programs in Trenton, New Jersey and held various social activities around the holiday times throughout the year. I enjoyed giving back to the community and continued as a leader of the organization until I graduated high school. I won the George Bush Daily Points of Light Award for my community service involvement in 2008.